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It seems like 185144 (one of the refurbished sets) has been sat in Newcastle platform 9 since about 0914 yesterday (it was there in the evening and the only service to get canceled was the 1005). Any ideas why?

My understanding is that with the advent of dieselisation and the decline of steam, vegetation clearance was bumped massively down the list of priorities, because no-one was worried about a spark setting fire to a bunch of trees. However, given some of the many issues brought up recently...

So, I was considering the requirement for new build vehicles for Northern Rail as Pacer Replacement and decided to spend some time looking at what products existing train manufacturers actually offer, both in terms of new trains for Regional Express services, allowing cascades of 158 -> 150 ->...

I'm curious, as I haven't found much information on this, but why, of all the lines to Whitby, was the Esk Valley Railway the one chosen as the one to remain open. It would seem that the NYMR would be the more logical one or even potentially the one to Saltburn, given that half of it has...

Apologies for the somewhat cryptic thread title, but I can't really summarise my question in a title brilliantly. Anyway, I was looking at services at Lincoln and I was wondering why 2P61 Scunthorpe - Lincoln is considered as a service, rather than a Scunthorpe - Sheffield and a Sheffield -...

Why is the service on the Durham Coast Line so poor? This has always seemed like somewhat of a mystery to me, given how populous the area is (Newcastle, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Billingham, Stockton, Middlesbrough). I get that the Tyne and Wear Metro imposes somewhat of a constraint from...

Hi This is a question for those in the industry (at all echelons/grades/positions if they lurk here). Would there be support for increasing the number of railway staff? My understanding, based on discussions on this forum and elsewhere, is that the railway relies on its staff working...

I was just wondering, is there any indication as to how Crossrail will run its service pairs. Thameslink seems to have all of them figured out. Is there anything like this for Crossrail, or has it simply not been thought of yet? The best I could find is this. Whilst interesting, it doesn't...

So, I've been on this forum for a bit now and it seems to me many threads get bogged down in an argument between: - Running the railway like BR did (in various guises) and - The status quo (franchised rail operators, separating track/train etc) As such, in order to have a more interesting...

So, this is a curiosity I've wondered about for a while, namely because I keep seeing this train when waiting at Waterbeach for a train home. Open Train Times shows the following: 2H42 Runs Liverpool St to Ely and becomes 5H20 5H20 Runs 1743 ECS Ely - Cambridge Plat 5, becomes 2H20 2H20...

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U50918/2013/07/07/advanced which then became this http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U50920/2013/07/07/advanced I was at King's Cross yesterday and saw a Class 67 in platform 1. It was late and dark, so couldn't tell what was behind it. Can...